Pompeo talks N.Korea with Tokyo and SeoulThe phone calls, which took place on January 20, come after President Donald Trump announced that a location for his summit with Kim Jong Un -- which is to take place near the end of February -- has been decided.

Centre to soon take up linking of Godavari and Cauvery, says GadkariThe Godavari water would thus be taken to the tail end of Tamil Nadu. "Every year, about 1,100 tmc ft of Godavari water is going waste into the Bay of Bengal while there is a dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka... So we have taken the decision to take Godavari water to Tamil Nadu and that will resolve all water issues among four states," Gadkari noted

Congress distances itself from London presser on EVM hackingCongress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said Kapil Sibal was invited by a journalist and he did not represent the Congress party at the press conference, held in London. He said the Congress and other parties want that there should be a system in place to check 50% of VVPAT to reassure the country on the infallibility of electronic voting machines.

BJP cancels PM Modi's Brigade rallyThe proposed rally of Narendra Modi at the Brigade Parade Grounds here next month has been cancelled, the BJP said on Monday, adding that the Prime Minister would initially attend three rallies in West Bengal starting next week.

Don't use single-use plastic for LS poll preparations, govt tells states, UTsSeeking to meet India’s voluntary commitment to eliminate single-use plastic in the country by 2022, the Centre on Monday wrote to all states asking them to explore legal options to meet the target and shared with them newly framed guidelines which may be handy for them to introduce or step up prohibitive action

Countries like US, Japan, China ageing, India getting younger: SwarajSwaraj, in her address at Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, said the Indian diaspora has changed the world's perception of Indians and our country. "India has the largest diaspora, at almost 31 million, which is spread throughout the globe. However, what marks all of you is the shared common identity – of Indianness – & shared common origin – India," Swaraj said.